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Show History
1985
Aug 8th The Reign of Lee Kwan, and Erik Meade at the Sound of Music
Aug 24th Adolph and the Gasser, the Reign of Lee Kwan at Hotel Utah
Aug 30th Black Flag, SWA at the Farm
Sept 3rd Morally Bankrupt, Tales of Terror and Drunk Injuns at the VIS Lounge
Sept 24th The Afflicted, Our Lady of Pain and Test Subjects at the VIS Lounge
Oct 5th Adolph and the Gassers at Hotel Utah
Oct 12th Three Mouse Guitars and House of Wheels at the On Broadway
Oct 25th Social Unrest, Faith No More, Clown Alley and Frontline at New Method Warehouse
Nov 7th Rhythm Pigs, Afflicted and Soul Asylum at the VIS Lounge
Nov 8th Rhythm Pigs, Blood Sweat and Steeltoes, Soul Asylum at New Method Warehouse
Nov 12th Korphu, Rhythm Pigs at the Stone
Nov 15th Noize Boys and Jackals at the Mabuhay
Nov 30th Crash and Burn, The Rhythm Pigs and Faith No More at the VIS Lounge
Dec 8th SNFU, Rhythm Pigs, Clown Alley at New Method Warehouse
Dec 31st Adolph and the Gassers, the Barking Spiders at the Hotel Utah
1986
Jan 10th 7 Seconds, Youth of Today, Violent Coercion, Christ On Parade at New Method Warehouse
Jan 18th Hotcombs and Noise Boys at Hotel Utah
Jan 25th Helios Creed, Half Blind at Hotel Utah
Jan 31st Verbal Abuse at New Method
Feb 6th Schrödinger’s Cat at the 16th Note; 3160 16th St. San Francisco
Feb 8th Rhythm Pigs and Blood Sweat and Steeltoes at Hotel Utah
Feb 15th Rhythm Pigs, Spot 1019 at Hotel Utah; 584 4th St. San Francisco
Feb 22nd Bad Habit and Space Kats at Parkview, Crockett
Feb 26th Touch Me Hooker and Noise Boys at VIS Lounge
March 16th Tragic Mulatto, Noise Boys and Sluglords at the Farm
April 15th GASM, E-13, Schrodinger’s Cat at On Broadway
April 17th Tragic Mulatto at Mabuhay
April 20th Crash and Burn and RKL at Club Foot
April 27th Social Unrest, Doggy Style, RKL, Christ On Parade, Toxic Reasons, Desecendents at the Farm
May 11th R.K.L., Test Subjects, Giddy Up, MongrelvX10; The Farm; 1499 Potrero Ave.
May 23rd Mabuhay with Noize Boys
May 30th Owen’s Pizza with Miserable Sex, Rabid Lassie and Neurosis
June 6th ASF, Half Blind and Forethought at Club Foot
1st US Tour
June 21st Isla Vista, CA Dan Sites Show- Beyond Possession, Rat Pack, Vengeance of Snoopy, Fatal Vision
June 22nd, Vidal’s, Bakersfield, Dan Sites Show with Scared Cattle, Rat Pack, RKL and Beyond Possession
June 28th El Paso, Sounds Seas with Wheaties
June 29th El Paso, Sound Seas with Hernia Briefs and Descendents
July 1st Austin, The Beach with Airhead
July 2nd Austin, The Beach with 2 new wave bands
July 3rd Houston, Party Owls, Bark Hard and The Descendents at Café Mode
July 4th New Orleans, The Descendents and Life Sentence at Café Brazil
July 6th Gulf Port, MS, Elijah’ backyard with Vomit Spots
July 7th Jackson Mississippi at WC Dons
July 9th Macon, Georgia, House Party with Bullwinkle
July 18th Romeo, Michigan at the Barn with The Offenders (not the Texas band)
July 19th Chicago, Mexican Patriotic Club, with Fudge Tunnel, Ozzfish Experience, Dead Steelmill, The Gruesomes
July 22nd Madison Wi, Club DeWash
July 24th Greenbay Wi, Lefty’s, with Jam Nation and Volume Unit
July 26th Des Moines, IA House Party at Beths with Sand in The Face (on acid)
July 27th Omaha, Lift Ticket Lounge, with A Child’s Trust In God and Sand in The Face (no acid)
July 28th Lincoln, NE House party- Paul’s house
July 29th Denver Co, The Funhouse with the Leaving Trains and Psychodrama
Aug 3rd Forethought and Rhythm Pigs at Club Foot
Aug 23rd Descendents, Polkacide, No Means No, The Freeze at the Farm
Oct 25th Victim’s Family and the Mudwimmin at Club Foot
Oct 26th Reno, with Verbal Assault and Seven Yobs
Nov 9th Reno, at Daughter Judy’s with the Yobs and Agent Orange
Dec 7th Dr. Know, Drunk Injuns, Attitude Adjustment, the Witnesses and Problem Children
at the Farm
Dec 26th The Mentors and Brazos Balladeers at SF Music Works
1987
Jan 10th Feederz, Mr. T Experience and The Undesirables at Gilman St.
Feb 28th Witnesses and Victims Family at the Sound of Music
March 15th SNFU, Honor Role, Forethought, Jello Biafra at Gilman St. (Jail Jello Benefit)
March 28th Skin Yard, Cancer Garden at the Sound of Music
April 3rd Rabid Lassie at Gilman St.
April 5th Sea Hags, Dagnasty, Sister Double Happiness and the Proper Shoes at the Mabuhay
April 18th Witnesses, Forethought and NOFX at The Sound of Music (our 1st record release party)
April 22nd D.O.A. Verbal Abuse, MDC at the Mabuhay
2nd Tour
April 26th Portland, The Satyricon with Oily Bloodmen, Badlands and the Fugs
April 29th Vancouver B.C., at Luv-A-Fair with The Scramblers
May 1st Vancouver B.C., The Arts Club
May 2nd Vancouver B.C., The Arts Club with Death Sentence
May 3rd Victoria B.C. Club Soda
May 4th Vancouver B,C, The Savoy with DC3
May 5th Vancouver B.C. The Savoy with the Boilermakers
May 9th The Sound of Music with No Means No
May 10th Rough Trade In Store
May 15th L.A. The Anti Club with The Leaving Trains, Divine Weeks and Lexington Devils
May 16th Las Vegas at ?
May 17th St George Utah with Fuck Shit Piss, System Rejex and The Deviants at the Cotton Mill
May 21st Tucson Club Nino’s with Ghost of Elvis
May 23rd El Paso Sound Seas with Suicidal Tendencies, Nightmare and Petty Tyrant
(Joe quit so we cancelled Lubbock and went to New Orleans)
June 4th House party in New Orleans- 1st show with George
June 5th New Orleans at VFW Hall with Acid Bath
June 6th Pensacola at DMZ with Gruel
June 11th Gainesville FL with Psychic Violence
June 12th Miami, FL at Banal with The Roosters
June 13th Gainesville, Fl with Murphy’s Law, Cindy Brady’s Lisp and Mutley Chix
June 14th Daytona Beach at Penrod’s with Rollins Band, Descendents, Doughboys and MIA
June 16th Birmingham, AL
June 17th Atlanta, GA Metroplex w/ Electric Love Muffin
June 19th Raleigh, NC The Fallout Shelter w/ DT and The Shakes
June 23rd Iroquois, Roanoke
June 25th Bloomfield, New Jersey The Dirt Club
June 26th Red Bank, New Jersey JP Trolleys with Bedlam
June 27th Albany, NY with Soulside and Life Sentence
June 28th Washington D.C. The Hung Jury with Ignition
July 3rd Minneapolis 7th St. Entry with The Magnolias and Blind Lemon Pederson
July 4th Graystone Hall, Detroit
July 5th, Chicago Medusa’s with Lost Cause, the Descendents and MIA
July 6th Madison, WI O’Cayz Corral
July 9th Des Moines
July 10th Lawrence KS The Outhouse
July 18th Half Life, Terminal Choice, FBI and Shattered Youth at Gilman Street
July 25th Phantom Creeps at the Chatterbox
July 29th Vancouver
July 30th The Luv-A-Fair with Death Sentence and Gray Matter Bent
July 31st Vancouver Arts Club
Aug 1 Vancouver Arts Club
Aug 2 Victoria Club Soda
Aug 4th Vancouver The Savoy with NG3
Aug 22nd Frightwig, Sister Double Happines, Spot 1019 at the Farm
Sept 5th Corrosion of Conformity, Capital Punishment, Frontline, Sacrilege at the Farm
Oct 3rd GASM at the Chatterbox
Oct 9th Chrimpshrine, She Devils and Social Club at Gilman Street
Oct 10th Capital Punishment, Sweet Baby Jesus, Sewer Trout and Poultry Magic at Gilman
Nov 27th The Brigade and Hell’s Kitchen at the Mabuhay
Dec 11th Lazy Cowgirls and Crawlspace at the Chatterbox
1988
Jan 24th Bad Religion and Tunnel Creeps at SF Music Works
Jan 30th Witnessess and Watchmen at SF Music Works
Feb 13th Ophelias and Opal at the Kennel Club
March 4th Frightwig at the Firehouse 7
April 6th The Witnesses, MDC and Hellhound at the SF Music Works
April 28th Osgood Slaughter and Pappa Wheelie at Nitebreak
May 4th Mr. T Experience Berkeley Square
May 16th Soul Asylum at the IBeam
May 20th Scapegoat Lemonade and Noise Boys at the Covered Wagon
3rd Tour
May 28th L.A, Anti Club with Lazy Cowgirls
May 30th El Paso, Mesa Inn
June 2nd New Orleans, Paradise Club
June 4th New York, CBGB’s with Tim Lee and Love Shack, Salem 66, Hetch Hetchy and Downey Mildew
June 5th Boston, The Ratt with Hetch Hetchy
June 7th Morgantown West Virginia, The Underground Railroad with MDC
June 8th Detroit, Blondies with MDC
June 9th Kent, Ohio, JB’s Lounge with MDC
June 10th Dayton, Ohio, The Wildside with MDC
June 11th Cincinnati, Ohio Bogarts with MDC
June 12th Chicago The Iron Rail with MDC
June 14th Madison WI The Nottingham Co-op with MDC
June 15th Milwaukee the Odd Rock Café with MDC
June 16th St. Louis MO Bernard Pub with Ultraman and MDC
June 17th Lawrence Kansas The Outhouse with MDC
June 18th Denver with MDC
June 19th Salt Lake City Speedway Cafe with MDC
July 2nd The Chatterbox with Johnny’s Problem
July 7th Portland
July 9th Tacoma Washington, Community World Theater with Dayglo Abortions, Hester Pryne, The Subverts, Abolishment, The Conditions, Frontline
July 10th Vancouver Club Soda with the Groovaholics
July 12th Vancouver at the Waterfront Caberet
July 13th Seattle The Vogue with the F-Holes
July 15th Spokane at 123 Arts with the Happy Dead Juans
July 27th the Leaving Trains at Berkeley Square
Aug 20th Lazy Cowgirls at the Chatterbox
Sept 3rd Doughboys and Big Drill Car at Covered Wagon
Sept 13th Screaming Trees at the Kennel Club
Sept 30th Das Damen at Nitebreak
Oct 19th 86 Street Music Hall Vancouver
Oct 20th Calgary at The National Hotel
Oct 21st Calgary at the National Hotel
Oct 28 Royal Albert Winnepeg
Oct 29 Royal Albert Winnepeg
Oct 30 Slither Club Toronto
Nov 5th The Pipe Dragon Buffalo, NY
Nov 7th, Bunratty’s, Boston, MA
Dec 10th Holly Rock at the Chatterbox
Dec 31st Papa Wheelie at the Chatterbox
1989
Jan 2nd Catheads at the IBeam
Feb 4th Chatterbox
Feb 7th Sonic Brain Jam at the Kennel Club
Feb 18th Hey Juan’s, Chico
Feb 24th Sweet Baby Jesus at Gilman Street
Feb 25th Pleasanton, Veteran’s Hall with Field Trip
March 9th The Fluid, The Hidden and Necromancy at the Covered Wagon
March 18th El Rio
March 24th Jackson Saints at the Chatterbox
4th Tour
March 28th Santa Fe Club West w/Field Trip
March 30th Fort Worth The Axis w/Field Trip
April 1st Des Moines Laughing Iguana w/Field Trip
April 2nd Lawrence Kansas Bottleneck with Field Trip
April 3rd Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium
April 5th Omaha Lift Ticket Lounge with Field Trip
April 6th Iowa City Gabe’s Oasis with Field Trip
April 7th Columbus, MO Bluenote
April 8th Chicago Dreamers
April 11th St Louis at Furst Rock with Field Trip
April 13th Minneapolis 7th St. Entry with Field Trip
April 21st Nightbreak
April 23rd Field Trip at the Covered Wagon
May 24th, Cotati Caberet
June 8th Studio Kafe, Santa Rosa
June 9th Seattle Squid Row Tavern
June 10th Victoria
June 11th Vancouver Club Soda
June 13th Portland- Satricon
June 19th Electric Love Muffin at Nitebreak
July 7th Go Dog Go at the Chatterbox
Aug 2nd Celebrity Skin at the IBeam
1990
July 20th Reunion show with Spot 1019 and Papa Wheelie at the IBeam
2008
Dec 19th Chatterbox Video Release party, reunion gig at the Eagle, SF
2009
Oct 11th Bike Messenger’s reunion gig with Mens Club, John Thaxton and the Street Lions at the Bottom of the Hill
2012
June 17th Mike and Carmela’s wedding , with Chain Breaker, Texas Thieves, Gang of 40, Meat Sluts and Spot 1019 at Thee Parkside
2024
Aug 10th Jackson Saints and Fast Friends at the Kilowatt
2025
June 21st Solar Van Saturday with Facekicker
July 10th Carmela’s birthday show with Class of 77, SF Rejects, Spot 1019, Wilson Gil and the Willful Sinners, Touch Me Hooker and Makin Muffins at the Kilowatt
Sept 13th Record Release Party with the Afflicted and Browntown Wett at the Kilowatt
Dec 6th Pat Craven’s Birthday party with Class of 77 and Mushroom Juice at Winters Tavern
2026
Jan 25th Mensclub and San Francisco 2.0 at the Kilowatt
March 6th Victims Family and Cheat the Reaper at the Hotel Utah